Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
  • G01F19/00—Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J27/00—Cooking-vessels
  • A47J27/10—Cooking-vessels with water-bath arrangements for domestic use
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
  • G01F19/00—Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups
  • G01F19/007—Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups for non fluent solid material, e.g. filamentary

Definitions

• the present invention generally relates to household utensils for preparing rice cooking and in particular utensils for dosing a quantity of water to be added to the rice to be cooked, washing the rice and also having it pre-germinate or germinate before cooking , especially in the case of brown rice. Indeed, it is known that this type of rice, if partially germinated before cooking, contains significant levels of gamma-amino-butyric acid.
• JP 2299615 discloses a graduated container indicating the level of water to be added depending on the amount of rice to be cooked.
• this system has the disadvantage of not allowing easy washing rice because it requires an additional colander, and plates or a dedicated device to germinate the brown rice. The user must therefore have multiple utensils, their separate use making the preparation of rice complicated and expensive because of the utensils to buy.
• JP2002 335885 discloses a dedicated apparatus for dipping rice to cause germination.
• this system is incomplete to assist the user in preparing the rice to be cooked, especially for rinsing, dosing and cooking rice.
• An object of the present invention is to meet the disadvantages of the documents of the prior art mentioned above and in particular, first of all, to propose a rice water dosing container, which can also be used during other phases of rice preparation.
• a first aspect of the invention relates to a water dosing unit comprising:
• a water measuring container for the preparation of rice cooking comprising at least one dosage scale (120, 125) of a quantity of water for the preparation of the rice according to a quantity of rice,
• the dosing unit comprises first blocking means capable of blocking and temporarily holding a lid in place on the water measuring container and in that the water measuring container or the lid comprises second means for blocking capable of blocking and temporarily hold in place in the water measuring container a first germination support adapted to support the rice during a germination phase.
• the dosing unit or dosing bowl according to the invention makes it possible to position or put in place at least at least grids used as support during the germination of the rice, which limits the number of containers to be used and allows easy rinsing rice every four hours during germination.
• the assembly can also be shaken without the media moving, and without special action of the user during rinsing and dripping rice. These operations can be performed easily without the risk of spilling rice: the user can shake the measuring container without the lid falls and even reverse to drain without losing grains of rice. Finally, the cleaning of utensils is limited because the same container or dosing bowl is used at all stages: prewash, soaking, germination, rinsing and dosing of water.
• the sieving means are integral with the lid.
• the water dosing container and / or the lid and / or the first germination support comprise third blocking means capable of blocking and temporarily holding in place in the water measuring container at least one other support of germination, each germinating medium being adapted to support a maximum and predetermined thickness of rice during the germination phase.
• the container, the lid or the first support according to the invention make it possible to position and blocking a second support or germination grid, which supports a maximum amount of rice during the germination phase, because the Applicant has noticed that the germination was improved if the thickness of rice distributed on the grid was less than a maximum thickness .
• the water dosing container comprises the first blocking means able to block and temporarily hold the lid on the water dosing container.
• the water measuring container comprises at least one dosing scale of the cooking water or the pre-germination / germination water for cooking brown rice with an improved gamma-amino-butyric acid content.
• the container therefore allows optimal preparation of brown rice because all steps are performed using the container, which prevents the user to change containers and minimizes handling and washing operations.
• the water dosing unit comprises a rice dosing container of predetermined quantities or doses of rice.
• This measuring container makes it possible to simply define the quantity of rice to be cooked, according to the known menus.
• the water measuring container comprises at least one scale indicating a number of predetermined quantities or doses of rice to be positioned by seed medium.
• the measuring container according to the invention optimizes the germination of the rice by defining amounts of rice to be distributed by grid. Indeed, the germination of the rice is more homogeneous if the layer of rice is less than a maximum thickness.
• the water dosing container comprises at least one dosage scale of a quantity of water for cooking according to a predetermined number of quantities or doses of rice to be cooked, and the supports of germinations are arranged at said predetermined number of quantities or doses of rice to indicate the maximum amount of predetermined quantities or doses of rice to be distributed by germination medium during the germination phase.
• the invention creates a synergy between the cooking water dosing scale as a function of the rice dose numbers and the germination supports by assigning an additional function by a judicious positioning of the means for blocking the supports or directly of the support supports. germination at the level of the markings of the number of doses of rice.
• the container remains simple (there is no additional marking), but still makes it possible to achieve optimized germination thanks to the controlled amount of rice per germination medium.
• the water measuring container comprises incorporation means to be incorporated in a steaming or steam bath apparatus to cause all or part of the germination of rice immersed in the water contained in the measuring container of water.
• the container according to the invention can cooperate with a steaming apparatus to accelerate the soaking phase which precedes the germination of the brown rice.
• the water measuring container is a rice cooker tank.
• the cooker bowl serves for all preparatory operations and for cooking in a simple way, which limits the costs for the user.
• the first germination support comprises a rice facing face in which is arranged at least one setting lug on the water metering container of predetermined length.
• the invention makes it possible to use a simple bowl, in which the first support is supported by means of at least one landing tab which raises the facing face of the rice, to prevent it from soaking in water. water that would stay at the bottom of the bowl.
• the germination supports comprise a scale indicating a number of predetermined quantities or doses of rice to be positioned by germination medium or the maximum level of rice to be positioned by germination medium.
• Figure 2 shows a sieve cover to cover the container of Figure 1;
• Figure 3 shows a grid adapted to cooperate with the container of Figure 1;
• FIG. 4 represents a dosing assembly comprising the previously enumerated components
• FIG. 5 shows another variant of a water dosing unit according to the invention.
• rice can be replaced by other leguminous grains such as lentils, chickpeas, etc.
• Figure 1 shows a container 100 for dosing cooking water according to a quantity of rice.
• the container 100 has on its outer face two scales 120 and 125 (A and B) dosing the amount of water to be added to a quantity of rice for cooking.
• the two scales 120 and 125 correspond to different menus for white rice and brown rice, for example, or for different cooking of the same kind of rice. It is also possible, for example, to have a dosage scale for nutrition-type menus with the guarantee that the cooking preserves certain nutritional qualities of the rice, such as, in particular, an improved gamma-amino-butyric acid content after brown rice cooking.
• scales include lines to indicate the amount of water to be poured, in connection with quantities of rice that can be expressed in various units and in particular in predetermined number of doses of rice, as on the scale 120 (A).
• a scale may also be a simple rice level scale not to be exceeded on a germination grid, described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
• the inner face of the container 100 comprises lips 1 (referred to as second blocking means). , 1 (named third blocking means) which are adapted to block and maintain in place germination grids as will be explained in the descriptive paragraphs of Figures 3 and 4.
• the bowl comprises in its upper part a flange 130 to cooperate with a lid, as will be explained in the descriptive paragraphs of Figures 2 and 4.
• FIG. 2 shows a cover 200 intended to cover the container 100.
• This cover comprises a rim 210 of a diameter equivalent to the flange 130 of the container 100.
• This rim comprises a lug 220 delimiting an inner groove 225 of a substantially greater diameter. to the flange 130 forming the first blocking means.
• the lug 220 has a smaller diameter than the collar 130 in order to be able to clip the lid 200 on the container 100.
• a sieve is overmolded on the rim 210, in order to be able to let in or out of the rinsing water of the rice in or out of the container 100 while retaining the rice inside the container 100.
• FIG. 3 shows a germinating grid 300 for supporting the rice in the container 100 during a germination phase.
• This metal grid has a periphery 310 in the form of a lip which is adapted to engage by elastic deformation in the second or third blocking means 1 10, 1 15 of the container 100.
• the elastic lip 310 may comprise angular recesses (not shown) and the user by simple rotation "quarter turn" can secure the grid 300 in the container 100.
• there is a gate adapted to cooperate with the second locking means and another adapted to cooperate with the third locking means because the outer diameters are different.
• the grid 300 has a bottom 320 which is perforated (perforation or deformation of metal for example) so that the water can circulate during the washing of the rice or its dewatering, while retaining the grains of rice above the grid 300.
• Figure 4 shows a complete dosing assembly 400 including the container 100, the lid 200 and a germination grid 300.
• the lid 200 is clipped onto the container 100 by the first locking means, the flange 130, and the grid 300 is engaged in the first locking lips 1 10, forming the second locking means, via its periphery 310
• rice placed on the grid 300 to germinate can be easily washed, rinsed and drained by the user who has no transfer operation, or manipulation of the rice to be performed.
• the grid 300 is judiciously placed at the same level as the mark 2, which indicates to the user that it is necessary to distribute 2 doses of rice on the grid 300 so that it germinates optimally. It can be seen that the second grid would be placed at the level of marker 4 to indicate that the two additional doses of rice should be placed on the second germination grid.
• FIG. 5 shows a section of a water dosing unit comprising a water measuring container 500 on which a screen lid 600 is clipped via a shoulder 530.
• a first germination support 700 and a second seed support 750 supported in the water measuring container 500 by the first support 700.
• the first support 700 comprises a shoulder 710 on which the second support of germination is posed.
• the latter goes up towards the cover, for example in the form of at least two diametrically opposite tabs, so that it keeps it in place by a shoulder 765.
• the second support 750 can also go up towards the cover, for example under the form of at least two diametrically opposite legs terminated by a shoulder 610.
• the germination supports 700 and 750 both have a substantially flat underside on which can be placed rice to germinate. AT this effect, and to allow easy rinsing, the bottom faces are drilled to evacuate the water, as well as the lid 600.
• the two germinating supports 700 and 750 each define in the measuring container partitioned spaces including rice can not escape during rinsing; even if the user overturns the assembly 800 to evacuate the water.
• At least one leg of the first and second supports going up towards the lid comprises a scale indicating a number of predetermined quantities or doses of rice to be positioned by germination medium or the maximum level of rice to be positioned per support. germination.

Landscapes

• Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
• General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Food Science & Technology (AREA)
• Cereal-Derived Products (AREA)
• Cookers (AREA)

Priority Applications (2)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=45688512

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (4)

Cited By (1)

Families Citing this family (4)

Citations (10)

Family Cites Families (1)

• 2011
  • 2011-02-22 FR FR1151438A patent/FR2971842B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
• 2012
  • 2012-02-21 CN CN201280009597.5A patent/CN103380354B/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
  • 2012-02-21 WO PCT/EP2012/052931 patent/WO2012113788A1/fr active Application Filing
  • 2012-02-21 KR KR1020137024289A patent/KR20140010075A/ko not_active Application Discontinuation

Patent Citations (10)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events